Investigation 2 - Mobile Use

Question 1

State the IV and DV that you used in your research

Answer 1

IV- gender (male and female based on identification)
DV- code for no use, some use, frequent use

Question 2

Explain the ethical considerations

Answer 2

Privacy - pts may feel judged (rude/antisocial), therefore we remain at an appropriate distance
Confidentiality- no one will be named, described or identifiable
Deception- pts don’t know the true aim of the experiment, however will be given debrief at the end
Right to withdraw- pts can’t withdraw if their name/ identity hasn’t been recorded
Informed consent- retrospective consent or make tutors aware of potential study
Protection from harm- follow up help/support.

Question 3

Identify and justify the inferential statistics test used when analysing data in the observation.

Answer 3

The inferential statistics that we would use is chi-squared. This is because its nominal data which means the number of participants can go into the 3 categories we have which were: no use, brief use and frequent use. It also means it will be a independent measures because we were looking for the difference of use between male and females

Question 4

Explain whether or not this led to your results being significant

Answer 4

This led to our results being significant

Question 5

State the operationalised alternative hypothesis for your observation

Answer 5

Non directional- the researcher is limited and conflicted because

There will be a difference in frequency of reliable phone use

Question 6

State the null hypothesis for your observation

Question 7

Describe the observational sampling technique you used in your research

Answer 7

The observational sampling technique we used was opportunity sampling. Opportunity sampling